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Programs & Services


Emergency Services - Child and Adolescent Mental Health

 Location: South Health Campus

Offers assessment and consultation for children or adolescents with urgent and/or emergent mental health needs.

This service provides:

  • assessments for children and teens with mental health concerns
  • consultations with families
  • recommendations to doctors about admissions and/or community support
  • discharge planning and counselling for children and teens in the hospital
  • short-term follow-up for clients once they have been discharged

See Eligibility field for information on who is eligible for this service.

Alberta Children's Hospital has a Mental Health Inpatient Unit.

Contact Details

South Health Campus

Location Info
This location sees adolescents greater than 14 years of age.
Address
4448 Front Street SE
Calgary, Alberta
T3M 1M4
Telephone
403-956-1111 (Switchboard)
Accessibility

This facility is wheelchair accessible.

Getting There

Parking available

Parking map

On major bus route

Hours of Operation
Available
24 hour service
Access
Service Providers May Include
doctors, psychiatrists, registered nurses (RNs), social workers
Eligibility

Children and adolescents with mental health concerns that impact abilities in daily functioning.

The following locations ONLY provide Mental Health services to adolescents over the age of 14 years:

  • Foothills Medical Centre
  • Rockyview General Hospital
  • South Health Campus
  • Peter Lougheed Centre
Wait Times

Wait time varies.

Service Languages
Interpreter/Translation services
Service Locations
Also Known As
Acronym
PES
Preferred
Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Emergency Services
Other
Child & Adolescent Mental Health Urgent Services - Alberta